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Evolutionary Psychology | Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy iep.utm.edu 7 facts
claimStephen Jay Gould and Richard Lewontin criticized evolutionary biology for its widespread adaptationism, which they argued tends to ignore other plausible evolutionary explanations.
claimEvolutionary psychology is defined as a general field of inquiry that attempts to adopt an evolutionary perspective on human behavior by supplementing psychology with the central tenets of evolutionary biology.
quoteEvolutionary psychologists posit that many psychological characteristics are adaptations, and that the principles of evolutionary biology used to explain physical bodies are equally applicable to the human mind.
referenceRobert Richardson's book 'Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology' (2008) offers a philosophical critique of evolutionary psychology from the perspective of evolutionary biology.
referenceDouglas Futuyama authored the textbook 'Evolutionary Biology' (3rd edition) in 1998.
referenceNapoleon Chagnon and William Irons edited 'Evolutionary Biology and Human Social Behavior: An Anthropological Perspective' in 1979, which explores the intersection of evolutionary biology and anthropology.
claimEvolutionary psychologists utilize adaptationist reasoning, a method derived from evolutionary biology that explains the presence of a trait by asserting it is an adaptation that enhanced the fitness of an organism's ancestors.
Evolutionary psychology - Wikipedia en.wikipedia.org 6 facts
referenceThe journal Evolution and Development publishes research relevant to the interface of evolutionary and developmental biology.
perspectiveSome evolutionary psychologists argue that evolutionary theory can provide a foundational, metatheoretical framework that integrates the entire field of psychology, similar to the role evolutionary biology plays for biology.
claimIn evolutionary biology, parental care is expected to evolve when the benefits of providing that care exceed the costs, as parents are selected to maximize the difference between these benefits and costs.
referenceThe journal Biological Theory: Integrating Development, Evolution and Cognition is devoted to theoretical advances in the fields of biology and cognition, with an emphasis on the conceptual integration afforded by evolutionary and developmental approaches.
claimEvolutionary psychology draws from cognitive psychology, evolutionary biology, behavioral ecology, artificial intelligence, genetics, ethology, anthropology, archaeology, biology, ecopsychology, and zoology.
claimNikolaas Tinbergen's four categories of questions provide a framework for distinguishing among complementary types of explanations in evolutionary biology.
Complexity and the Evolution of Consciousness | Biological Theory link.springer.com Sep 14, 2022 5 facts
referenceNesse and Williams (1995) explore the application of evolutionary biology to medicine in 'Evolution and Healing'.
referenceOkasha (2018) notes that agency in the fields of folk psychology, economics, and evolutionary biology requires a unity of purpose or, at minimum, consistency among goals.
referenceMcNamara and Houston (2009) argue for the integration of function and mechanism in evolutionary biology.
claimA proximate common currency, such as hedonic valence, provides functional value in evolutionary biology by making the complexity of computational problems tangible, which enables organisms with high degrees of freedom to weigh alternative courses of action against each other.
claimThe 'pathological complexity thesis' is a hypothesis regarding the evolutionary origins of minimal consciousness, or sentience, which connects the study of animal consciousness with behavioral ecology and evolutionary biology.
The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective frontiersin.org Nov 25, 2024 2 facts
claimThe article 'The function(s) of consciousness: an evolutionary perspective' was edited by Antonino Raffone and reviewed by Giorgio Marchetti and Günter Ehret.
claimMax Velmans (2012) addresses the question of why the brain might operate without consciousness within an explicitly evolutionary context, a problem referred to as 'Velmans' question'.
BEYOND THE PALEOLITHIC PRESCRIPTION - PMC - NIH pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimThe "environment of evolutionary adaptedness" (EEA) is defined in evolutionary paradigms of human health and nutrition as the environment to which human bodies are adapted.
Denis Noble and Stuart Hameroff go head to head - YouTube youtube.com Apr 26, 2025 1 fact
claimDenis Noble and Stuart Hameroff engage in a debate regarding the origins of consciousness and the role consciousness played in evolutionary biology.
The Evolutionary Functions of Consciousness - PhilSci-Archive philsci-archive.pitt.edu Oct 15, 2025 1 fact
claimThe discipline of consciousness studies has not yet fully engaged with the issue of the adaptive function or functions of consciousness from a biological and evolutionary viewpoint.
Understanding LLM Understanding skywritingspress.ca Jun 14, 2024 1 fact
perspectiveDan Dennett advocated for evolutionary biology and computational models of the mind, and proposed that consciousness is an emergent property of neural processes and evolution.
The development of consciousness from an evolutionary perspective academia.edu 1 fact
claimThe logic of evolutionary biology does not support Reber's axiom that flexible cell walls and locomotion are sufficient for the biological foundations of mind and consciousness.
The evolution of human-type consciousness – a by-product of ... frontiersin.org 1 fact
referenceGinsburg and Jablonka (2019) explore the origins of consciousness through the lens of learning and evolutionary biology.
A possible evolutionary function of phenomenal conscious ... - PMC pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov 1 fact
claimThe article 'A possible evolutionary function of phenomenal conscious' (PMC8206511) asserts that feelings such as pain are an integral part of any conscious experience, citing evidence from psychology, neurobiology, and evolutionary biology.